‘WHO DO WE WANT TO WIN?’: Kennedy’s Que Goes Viral Amid Trump’s Changing Russia Stance

Secretary, thank you for being here. We need more ships. We're going to give you money to build more ships. You need to get those ships built. You need to build as many of them as you can in Louisiana. But let's get them built. General, is Russia our friend? Sir, they're not. Between Ukraine and Russia, who do we want to win that war? Well, we'd prefer there not be a war. But obviously... But there is. Who do we want to win? Obviously we want Ukraine to stand independently and not be consumed by Russia okay now when Putin went into Ukraine he thought he was going to roll in and take it over in two days like thunder on a some over night didn't he i believe he did but the Ukrainian people have fought back haven't they yes sir they have fought back and they now have some some of the most sophisticated drone technology in the history of the world don't they sure they do they're doing very well of drones and and they're giving with the limited resources they have they're giving Russia a curb stomping aren't they i would say they are in fact they have knocked out with their limited resources 40 percent of Russia's export ability of their oil uh they since january using their drones and limited cruise missiles they have hit uh oil and and gas facilities within Russia over a hundred times not on the border within Russia right yes sir and Putin was so scared he almost had to to uh cancel their military parade, didn't he? Well, I'm not sure that's true, but I will take your word for that. Sure, okay, all right. Well, how much money now, let me just lead you uh the world has 300 billion dollars of frozen uh Russian assets in escrow, don't we? I don't know sir, I do it's 300 billion and two-thirds of that, about 200, 225 billion is sitting in, in uh Europe, isn't it? again sir, I'm not sure of that. Well, I am, and and I'm surprised, no disrespect, that you don't know um, and Europe has asked our permission to take that 200 to 225 billion dollars well let me strike that, that 225 billion, humor me uh that's sitting there frozen there's not a single penny is American taxpayer money is, I don't believe it is. No, it all belongs to Russia, doesn't it? I believe that is, and the EU has asked our permission to take that money and give it to Ukraine so they can knock Russia in the next week and let's get this war over. That's a good idea, don't you think? Well, I think anything that can be done to stop that war is a good idea, sir. Would you support giving that $225 billion, no taxpayer money in America, to Ukraine? Again, sir, that's outside my purview as a service chief. Okay. Admiral, let me ask you a question. Would it be fair to say, based on his public and notorious comments, both before, during and after the summit between President Xi and President Trump, that President Xi, how can I put this? He's nervous as a pregnant nun about what we're going to do on Taiwan, isn't he? Sir, I do think he is concerned about our capability against any invasion of Taiwan. I mean, talk about telegraphing your insecurities. I mean, he talked about it right out of the chute. He's practically sending us a television ad saying, I'm very worried about Taiwan. Now, we don't want a war with China, do we? Absolutely not. No. We want stability, though, with China, don't we? Yes, sir. And China doesn't recognize—President Xi doesn't recognize charity, does he? I can't speak to that, but I would say probably not. Well, he appreciates strength, doesn't he? I would say so, yes. If you're in a bar fight with President Xi and you start quoting Socrates like we did under President Biden, you're going to get your rear end whipped, aren't you? That's probably not a good course of action. Yes. Okay, so why don't we go ahead. Don't you think it would be a good idea for us to gain leverage to make weapons sales to Taiwan right now? sir again those things are very complex and a full calculus of all the levers of power that are being negotiated and worked so generally but i'm sorry what more do we have to know adam president xi has telegraphed his anxiety his insecurity now that he knows that america has learned how to fight we want leverage we want stability not a hot war we want leverage What's his insecurity? Taiwan. Why don't we just go ahead and sell the weapons to Taiwan that Taiwan wants? The president can call President Xi and say, hey, President Xi, don't take it personally. Don't get excited. Don't get your bowels in an uproar. But I'm selling these weapons. Why wouldn't we do that? We definitely want Taiwan to be as strong as they can be, sir. They'd be stronger with those weapons, though, wouldn't they? Yes, sir. Don't you think we ought to sell them? Sir, I'm not going to get in front of the administration's overall calculus on that. I'm not going to make a statement on that as a service chief. Okay. But the capabilities that we're talking about would make them more effective. Subscribe to One India and never miss an update. Download the One India app now.